CHICAGO – When it comes to making New Year’s resolutions, we all know how difficult it can be to get them started, much less keep them going throughout the year. While resolutions are fresh in people’s minds, the library is a resource they can use to kick off the New Year right.

CHICAGO - The Minnesota Library Association (MLA) has announced its support of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Spectrum Scholarship Program through a gift to the Spectrum Presidential Fundraising Initiative. MLA has made a $750 contribution to the Initiative.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) will continue the conversation about libraries increasing access to digitized materials with the panel “Online & Above the Radar: Ensuring the Use & Discoverability of Digital Collections” at the ALA Midwinter...

CHICAGO - By popular demand, ALA Editions announces a new session of the facilitated eCourse Using Drupal to Build Library Websites. Sean Fitzpatrick will once again serve as the instructor for this six-week...

CHICAGO – Once again, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) will take its popular scholarly communications workshop on the road to five locations in 2012. New this year, the curriculum is revised, and hosts will share part of the costs. Now titled “Scholarly Communication:...

PHILADELPHIA - The Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will host the Gala Author Tea, featuring former American Libraries Editor-in-Chief Leonard Kniffel, from 2 to 4 p.m. CST on Monday,...

CHICAGO -- The Library Consultant Interest Group -- a member group situated within the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of ALA-- invites independent librarians, library consultants, state library consultants of all types, regional library...

Booklist Publications is introducing a new subscription model effective Jan. 1, 2012, a combination of print and online access that promises to have a strong impact on streamlining collection development and readers’ advisory workflows. A...

CHICAGO - The American Library Association looks forward to welcoming attendees to the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif., June 21-26 to continue important conversations about the transformation of libraries, e-content and other key topics....

CHICAGO - Cathleen Bourdon, associate executive director for communications and member relations, has announced that Ronald J. Jankowski will be the new membership development director, effective Jan. 9, 2012.

Jankowski has a degree in communications from Columbia College and has earned...

CHICAGO - The ALA Council Committee on Diversity, the Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee and the ALA Office for Diversity will welcome Dr. Camila Alire, dean emerita of the University of New Mexico Libraries and Colorado State University Libraries and 2011 Achievement in Library...

CHICAGO - In two weeks, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) begins a new semester of online courses, but there is still time to register. ALSC is offering four great courses, and all of these are open for registration. Courses start Monday, Jan. 16.

CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has revised the popular bibliography “Great Early Elementary Reads,” which features recommended book titles for beginning readers.

CHICAGO - Great Websites for Kids (GWS) (www.ala.org/greatsites), the Association for Library Service to Children’s (ALSC) online website directory, has been completely redesigned. The updated site boasts a fresh and colorful kid-friendly look and...

CHICAGO — Librarians seeking funding for summer reading programs aimed at teens or to hire teen interns to support summer reading programs can apply for one of two grants distributed by YALSA and funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Applications are due Jan. 1 for:

CHICAGO — YALSA’s Books for Teens program raises funds to provide teens in low-income communities access to high-quality, recently published, age-appropriate books. If YALSA can raise $500 during the month of December, a generous benefactor has agreed to donate an additional $500. Just a few...

CHICAGO —The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults (yalsa.ala.org/jrlya), a peer-reviewed, open-access quarterly research journal published by the Young Adult Library Services Association, seeks papers for its Spring 2012 issue on...

CHICAGO - The Leadership Development Committee of the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present a free panel discussion on “Recruitment, Retention and Mentoring of New Librarians” from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 in the Dallas Convention Center, Room...

CHICAGO - Booklist magazine, the review journal of the American Library Association, has announced its Top of the List winners for 2011. The eight winning titles were chosen from the annual Editors’ Choice selections as the best books and media of 2011.

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the Fetzer Institute selected 30 public libraries to host a series of programs as part of the Building Common Ground: Discussions of Community, Civility and Compassion initiative, which is supported by the...

CHICAGO - Facts and figures may be the staples of organizational life, yet it is storytelling that reaches people’s hearts. ALA TechSource will cosponsor with WebJunction the January 10 webinar “Organizational Storytelling for Librarians: Using Stories for Leadership, Community, and Advocacy...

CHICAGO -- Any librarian concerned about what the future holds for libraries won’t want to miss the outstanding lineup of ALA Annual Conference programs hosted by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA).

CHICAGO - American Library Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael and Neal-Schuman President Patricia Glass Schuman today announced that on Dec. 23, 2011, Neal-Schuman Publishers will become part of ALA Publishing.